Jay-Z Would Say You Don’t Have To Keep Grindin’

Know when it’s time to work, and when it’s time to bounce

“Gotta get it while the getting’s good

Gotta strike while the iron’s hot, before you stop

Then you gotta bid it, good riddance” — Jay-Z, “My 1st Song”

I’m back like I never left for another installment of my weekly column, “What Would Hov Do?,” where I guide you through the pitfalls of life with the help of Hovito’s bars. Appreciate y’all for coming out. You could be anywhere in the world, but you’re here with me, yada yada.

This week an anonymous reader asks:

“Help! I’m tired of the grind.”

Our anonymous reader is not about grinding, unlike the Pharrell-produced track by the brother duo from Virginia, which includes a Bible thumper and a Drake-giant slayer — we not debating this.

Wooosaaah. I hear you, fam. I do.

With the dumpster fire that has been 2020, we feel compelled to run on all motors, with all four stovetop burners cooking while we juggle and hustle our ways to some formulaic version of what success should look like. Granted, a lot of this yearning for the grind and love for hustle culture directly correlates to capitalism, but that’s another talk for another day.